It's been an interesting quarter for eBay, as the company dealt with a very public back-and-forth with activist investor Carl Icahn, who accused several board members, including Marc Andreessen, of not having eBay's best interests in mind, and urging PayPal to spin off as a separate company.

The fight ended when eBay agreed to Icahn's suggestion to appoint David Dorman to its board.

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